It's potato day today!

Reuters Published October 1, 2013
A Kosovar labourer poses with a basket of potatoes.
A Kosovar labourer poses with a basket of potatoes.
Labourers are seen harvesting potatoes in a field.
Labourers are seen harvesting potatoes in a field.
The village celebrates Potato Day on October 1 by harvesting potatoes and selling them to a local potato chip factory to support a still fragile economy.
The village celebrates Potato Day on October 1 by harvesting potatoes and selling them to a local potato chip factory to support a still fragile economy.
Labourers harvest potatoes on a field
Labourers harvest potatoes on a field
A Kosovar labourer empties his basket of potatoes on to a truck.
A Kosovar labourer empties his basket of potatoes on to a truck.
Potatoes that have been collected are seen in the village of Pestova.
Potatoes that have been collected are seen in the village of Pestova.
Women sort and peel potatoes at a factory in the village of Pestova, northwest of Prishtina.
Women sort and peel potatoes at a factory in the village of Pestova, northwest of Prishtina.
Workers seen collecting potatoes in the factory.
Workers seen collecting potatoes in the factory.
Potato chips roll off a conveyor belt before they are packed, at a factory in the village of Pestova.
Potato chips roll off a conveyor belt before they are packed, at a factory in the village of Pestova.
Workers pack bags of potato chips at a the factory in the village of Pestova, northwest of Prishtina.
Workers pack bags of potato chips at a the factory in the village of Pestova, northwest of Prishtina.

A village in Pestova, northwest of Prishtina, celebrates Potato Day on October 1 by harvesting potatoes and selling them to a local potato chip factory to support a still fragile economy.

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